Alot of people want to know about what kind of instruments I play. My acoustic guitar is a Collings OM2H with an RMC pickup system in it. These guitars are made my Bill Collings in Austin Tex. I also am a Gallagher Guitar endorsee and have a Doc Watson model... My banjos are Nechville, I have 3 of them.. my electric banjo is called The Meteor, my main acoustic is called a Nextar and my newest is called a Phantom, all built by my friend Tom Nechville and his merry band of brilliant builders... I am a  Nechville Endorsee and proud of it... I also have a custom built Bud Soesbee banjo with a Steve Huber tone ring, a Goldtone Whyte Lady 2 and a Goldtone Banjola...     I also play an A. Lawrence Smart F-Style Mandolin... Lawrence is also a good friend who lives in McCall, Idaho.. he builds incredible instruments and is a great fisherman, I use an LR Baggs pickup on my mando... All of these travel in Calton Cases. I use Elixer Strings on all of my instruments.

My pedal board consist of a Boss TU-2 Tuner, an Ibanez Digital Delay, a MXR Phase 100, a MXR Micro Amp and a LR Baggs Para-DI... this goes to the sound man and a line is also sent to my onstage monitor amp... I use a 100 watt Fender On-Stage wedge which has a 12 inch Co-ax speaker in it.